Today's WOTD is: "toro" = bull
In
Spanish, the noun "toro" is a masculine noun
of Latin origin which means bull. The noun “toro”
may be used to refer to a very strong man.
The
noun “toro” is also used to refer to a geometrical shape,
the torus.
The
plural form, “los toros” is commonly used to refer to
bullfighting.
Some
commonly used expressions containing the words "toro"
are:
- A toro pasado (in hindsight);
- Agarrar el toro por las astas (to take the bull by the horns);
- Agarrar el toro por los cuernos (to take the bull by the horns);
- Ciertos son los toros (it turns out that it is true/ that is a certainty);
- Coger el toro por los cuernos (to take the bull by the horns);
- Corrida de toros (bullfight);
- Fuerte como un toro (strong as an ox);
- Otro toro (lets leave this topic of conversation);
- Toro bravo (fighting bull);
- Toro de lidia (fighting bull);
- Mirar alguien los toros desde la barrera (to watch from the sidelines/ to keep a safe distance);
- Pillar a alguien el toro (to run out of time/ to run out of options);
- Plaza de toros (bullring);
- Ver alguien los toros desde la barrera (to watch from the sidelines/ to keep a safe distance);
Some
examples of the use of the word "toro"
are:
- Es fácil opinar a toro pasado (it is easy to have an opinion in hindsight);
- Tenemos que agarrar el toro por las astas (we have to take the bull by the horns);
- Tenemos que agarrar el toro por los cuernos (we have to take the bull by the horns);
- Tenemos que coger el toro por los cuernos (we have to take the bull by the horns);
- Nunca he ido a una corrida de toros (I have never been to a bullfight);
- Pedro es fuerte como un toro (Pedro is as strong as an ox);
- La cría del toro bravo se lleva a cabo de manera tradicional (the breeding of fighting bulls follows traditional steps);
- La cría del toro de lidia se lleva a cabo de manera tradicional (the breeding of fighting bulls follows traditional steps);
- Lo fácil es mirar los toros desde la barrera (watching from the sidelines is the easy option);
- Lo fácil es ver los toros desde la barrera (watching from the sidelines is the easy option);
- Me va a pillar el toro (I am running dangerously out of time);
- En mi pueblo no hay plaza de toros (in my town there is no bullring);
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "toro"
in
the YouTube clip: Un toro bravo se escapa y provoca un accidente enTorrellas
For
more on the word "toro",
visit: Wordreference.com/es/en/ Toro
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “toro”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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